According to the Food and Drug Administration, a chemical used to coat microwave popcorn bags breaks down during the cooking into a chemical called
perfluorooctanoic, or PFOA. The Environmental Protection Agency has identified PFOA as a "likely carcinogen."

Prevention/Solution
The FDA is studying whether consumers can develop lung disease from inhaling diacetyl, a chemical used to give microwave popcorn a buttery taste. To
avoid inhaling this dangerous chemical, always open cooked bags away from your face and in a well-ventilated area.

Wow, you guys have reinvented the wheel.
I love popcorn but make it my own way.
I have a smallish triangular pot which I put two layers of corn and oil just covering it ( I use sunflower)
I turn the heat up and wait.
Once the pot is full of popped corn I pull it off the heat and use the corner of the triangular lid to scoop the top layers out. I salt as it hits the
bowl.
What happens is the popped corn that comes out first has more oil on it and is hot so by layering it and salting without shaking the bowl you get the
popcorn in the middle staying hot for longer.

I know my methods are very old school but I have been doing this since I was 8years old and its still my favorite (my pots older than I am, was a set
of three my folks got for a wedding gift).

We just bought a new theater-style popcorn machine the other day and have been using all the time.

For those of an adventurous nature, try using Nutritional Yeast as a seasoning...It's my favorite!

edit on 22-4-2013 by isyeye because: (no reason given)

Thanks! I've used nutritional yeast for many years. Not only on poporn, but on my beans and rice dishes, on oatmeal, and pasta. One of the best
tasting (kind of nutty) and healtiest seasonings on Goddesses' green earth.

Just wanted to post a possible hazard using the paper bag method of microwave popcorn.

Items using post consumer recycled material shouldn't be nuked. This warning used to be posted on napkins, paper plates, etc, of items that had
recycled material. Wasn't sure if it was from the possible metal content or the chemicals used in recycling...but please take caution when nuking
paper products.

Think the hazard still exists. I'll nuke stuff in a ceramic bowl with a ceramic plate on top before I'd use paper. ...use this method for quick
bacon. Fold the bacon into the as size you need, nuke it in a bowl. Place said bacon onto your food. For crispy bacon, double the cooking time while
draining the oil at the halfway mark. Save the bacon oil-its law in some states.

Kettle cooked popcorn is the way IMO. Less calories and no extra preservatives. The kernels are huge too. Wife still makes fun of movie theater
popcorn for being tiny to this day....takes the focus away from my tiny Wang.

Thanks for the paper-bag warning, well taken. Nuking the flesh and organs of hogs, sounds like a very weird practice to me, and they and the birds
seem to be fighting back with diseases. I haven't eaten popcorn in a week, and if that also-weird practice lasts much longer it will go against my
religions.

There are still nonGMO corn producers out there. You can find them, certified at the
Non GMO Project. That link will take you right to
the search page. Type in corn and you may be able to find a brand sold locally.

Originally posted by BABYBULL24
Use to love the stuff until i read up on Monsanto RoundUp Ready Corn...

Can you tell us more about that? Here's a two-year old Huff Post link which talks about Roundup Ready causing miscarriages in animals. Last I looked
humans were animals. Gulp (not me gulping in fear, gulping popcorn down. Yummm):

Purdue University's Emeritus Professor Don M. Huber presented the findings of the research, which observed the new organism using a 36,000X electron
microscope. According to Treehugger, the organism can cause disease in both plants and animals, a rare feat.

Thanks for the paper-bag warning, well taken. Nuking the flesh and organs of hogs, sounds like a very weird practice to me, and they and the birds
seem to be fighting back with diseases. I haven't eaten popcorn in a week, and if that also-weird practice lasts much longer it will go against my
religions.

Lol, my bad. The recycled paper product warnings came from a site that had a warning for people nuking bacon..should carry over to popcorn. Wasn't
able to recall the link. Sorry to offend your religious beliefs.

Just a warning in using recycled products in the microwave is all.

You are right about the disease thing too. Most of the 'cross over' diseases could be lessened if all would follow Gods original laws IMO.

I agree that gmo corn is bad for you but once in a while I will eat popcorn because the commercial strains are not genetically modified......yet.
Home made with peanut oil in a regular pot on the stove.
The peanut oil will handle high temperatures without smoking so you can pre-heat the oil and pop faster with small batches. This helps to prevent
burning the kernels by keeping them on the stove too long after they've popped.

Butter and powdered sea salt is what I usually eat on it but once in a while I use Buffalo Wild Wings dry Chipotle BBQ spice.

It also goes great on rotisserie chicken.

I also make great homemade chili, reuben sandwiches and homemade coffee ice cream with heath bar bits.
I came up with that combo before I found out Ben and Jerry make it.
Great minds think alike.

Popcorn Is Not GMO Elizabeth Yarnell of EffortlessEating.com stated, “At the Seeds of Doubt conference recently, Jeffery Smith, executive director
of the Institute for Responsible Technology and GMO expert, assured us that even though almost 90% of the corn grown and eaten in this country is GMO
corn, popcorn comes from a different seed and has not been genetically modified.” [1]

I'm glad this popped up again, no pun intended but haha!
I saw this last spring and tried a couple of splashes of a pomegranate balsamic vinegar that I love, it was the best popcorn I have ever had! Since
then I have added a bit of Parmesan cheese, a dash of cayenne, a shake of smoked sea salt and just a sprinkling of sugar. A bowl of this has turned
into my perfect snack, and I owe it all to you! Thank you! I think I'm going to go make a bowl for lunch now.

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